Salem Castle School
Wednesday, 4 December 2013 - 01:01 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks
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Salem Castle School is a boarding school with campuses in Hohenfels,
Salem and
Überlingen in Baden-Württemberg in Southern Germany. It is considered one of the most elite schools in Europe.
The school was established by the educator Kurt Hahn with support of Prince Maximilian of Baden in 1920 and from the beginning accepted girls and boys. Under the Nazi regime Hahn (who was Jewish) was forced to emigrate to Scotland where he founded the British Salem School of Gordonstoun as well as later Outward Bound and the United World Colleges .
Spetzgart Campus - Überlingen © Eduardo89/cc-by-sa-3.0
The academic program in Years 5–7 is in German. Intensive instruction in German as a foreign language is available for international pupils. Even pupils arriving at the School with no German are fluent within one school year.
From Year 8 onward, Salem is fully bilingual and offers a dual curriculum. Students may either continue in the German system (Abitur) or enter the international classes & the
IB Diploma Programme , in which the language is English. However, students may switch systems until they enter the upper school. Approximately a third of the students in the upper years are in the IB system. Most students are of German background, but there is significant population of international students, with students attending from a variety of countries such as Switzerland, Spain, USA, China, Russia, Korea, India, Canada, Australia or Italy.
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